More severe moderation in update threads?

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Originally Posted by Rodolphe

...KOM.Nausicaa, I really like to know what's your personal opinion and your proposal ban for the following typical rude, insulting The Community and most racist posting I've ever seen on a simulation forum.

Hi, I would like to answer your post in several parts.

First, I would like to say that it is not particularly fairplay to bring a post from a past conversation and from another forum (and a completely different subject) over to here, by quoting only the worst statement. It is clear that there is a reason and conversation history why it came to that post in anger. I do not think, however, that you are interested in analyzing the mechanics of this incident, why it came to the anger and what the individual guilt of the participants (my guilt included) was in that thread.
What you are trying to do is usually called "discrediting", or sometimes "slander":

Originally Posted by Wikipeda

"the expression discrediting tactics (...) refers to personal attacks (...) intended to discourage people from believing in the figure or supporting their cause

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrediting_tactic

Furthermore, you only link to my post (but not the conversation history), while making yourself a even more defavorable translation from french to english of the post. That is called "libel" in english:

Originally Posted by merriam-webster dictionary

(Libel) "a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libel


Second, you ask the question what a moderator should do with a post like mine on "Checksix". The answer is: a mod is free to warn or ban my account there if he wants to. The particular post you quoted was angry and impolite -- I agree. He would be right doing it in the time and I would support it then and now -- and I have already done myself in a way, because I have not posted a single post on this forum anymore since this conversation 5 months ago. I am self-banned so to speak -- because I have no interest whatsoever left in "Checksix", simply because of the treatment I got on checksix that made me angry in such a way. That leads me to the last point:

You accuse me of racism towards french. I want to make this short, because I really have no interest at all in bringing a fight from another forum 5 months ago to this place and this thread. It is of no concern to you that I speak french fluently since over 20 years, work in France and have a french wife, but I'll say it anyway, because it's an amusing detail.
I thought Checksix was a particular unwelcoming and unpleasant place to a new (foreigner) person like me, tainted by a certain faction that represents a arrogant, rude, excluding and elitist french attitude -- at least in my opinion. That would become much clearer for outsiders if you would translate the whole conversation. But you are completely free to disagree with my view and it may very well be that other people have other experiences. But that was mine, and I said it in an angry way back then and say it now again in a calm way: I haven't changed my opinion about that typical french elitism and rudeness towards foreigners as it exists seemingly on checksix (among a certain faction) one bit. One disclaimer I want to make though: I am totally convinced there are many fine people at Checksix. When the whole unfortunate fighting happened I got 2 pm's by the way supporting me.....both by french members. That is another funny detail.

To end this I would think it being polite to other people here and the subject of this thread to end the conversation about the incident on checksix. What you have done is an unfair attempt at discrediting me with an incident quoted out of context and a shaky "translation", and I have no further desire talking to you. If you still want to clear things up with me, please do so via PM or openly on Checksix if you absolutely feel the urge for public viewing. To be fair to you I'll check Checksix over the week-end to see if you have opened a thread there.

Thanks,

N.